While Hatshepsut may have overseen the burial ... The newfound tomb was largely empty; archaeologists found that the mummy and most of the grave goods were moved after the tomb flooded shortly ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have found the tomb of King Thutmose II — the first discovery of an ancient royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's in 1922.

Thutmose II, who reigned from 1493 to 1479 BC, is most famously known as the husband of Queen Hatshepsut, one of Egypt’s few female pharaohs. Archaeologists believe the first tomb was emptied six ...

They also bore the name of Queen Hatshepsut, Thutmose II’s wife and half-sister ... Culture Club//Getty Images The mummy of Thutmose II, as photographed in 1900 What wasn’t found in the tomb, however, ...

An empty tomb, yet a groundbreaking find – archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the tomb of Thutmose II, a ruler overshadowed by his powerful wife, Hatshepsut.

Hatshepsut was also named as the pharaoh ... the first-ever found to belong to the late pharaoh. The pharaoh’s mummy was not in the tomb — it was discovered in 1881 in the Deir El-Bahari ...

But that doesn’t make the discovery of his final resting place any less important. On February 18, the Egyptian government announced that an international team of archeologists have finally confirmed ...

open image in gallery The mummy of King Thutmose II ... significant people were interred in their new resting place near Hatshepsut’s temple. The entrance was well disguised by sand and rocks ...

A British archaeologist believes his team may have found a second tomb in Egypt belonging to King Thutmose II. The potential find comes just days after Piers Litherland announced the discovery of a ...

A mummy reburied in a cache at Deir el-Bahari ... Thutmose II is perhaps most famous for marrying his half sister Hatshepsut. After Thutmose II's death, Hatshepsut rose to become a female pharaoh.